1986.649: Flat-Bottomed Ovoid Jar with Four Ring-Handles
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.649
- Title
- Flat-Bottomed Ovoid Jar with Four Ring-Handles
- Other Titles
- Alternate Title: si xi hu [ssu-hsi-hu]
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- c. 1500 BCE - c. 1000 BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Neolithic period to Shang dynasty
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/200760
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface
- Dimensions
- H. 31 x W. 24.8 x Diam. 19.7 cm (12 3/16 x 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Carroll
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.649
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Clarence Shangraw, Origins of Chinese Ceramics, exh. cat., China House Gallery (New York, NY, 1978), p. 58, cat. no. 9
Verification Level
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